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Gumboot Girls

from Northwest by Mark Perry

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Gumboot Girls

Julia came here from Chicago, Illinois
Taking a big chance – in her life
You came here from North Ontario
Taking a gigantic swing at the wild West Coast
It was a time in your life and you needed to see
Hey maybe there’s something, something out here for me

They called you those gumboot girls
You grew stronger every day
When you need to figure out who you are
Look to the ocean and the earth, and the stars
And you’re a genuine gumboot girl

You’d get another letter from your mother
“Are you truly a West Coast hippy now?”
You’d laugh and take a look in the mirror
Say I guess it just kind of happened somehow
It’s all these mushrooms and these gigantic trees
Way out here - we’re free to do as we please

Now I’m sitting in this airport lounge
People wear fine dresses and tailored suits
I tell the waiter, Hey I come from a place
Where beautiful women wear rubber boots
Tree planting, life loving, dancing, genuine, gumboot girls

© Mark Perry, 2021 | www.markperry.ca

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from Northwest, released October 29, 2021

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Mark Perry Smithers, British Columbia

A dozen albums strong, Mark Perry is deeply loved in Canada for his good-humoured and thought-provoking songs that get festival audiences up on their feet and make theatre crowds feel like they’re in his living room. “New Jersey has Springsteen, New York has Billy Joel, northern BC has Mark Perry. These are the storytellers of their times and places.” Watch for Perry's next album in 2021 ... more

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